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https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1g5t5gf/cybertruck_getting_the_walnut_st_welcome/

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-17ABBF87-8EB4-4FFC-8D79-B9FF53F7916D.html

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NEVER TRANSPORT YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE TIRES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SPIN. DOING SO CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND OVERHEATING. IN RARE CASES EXTREME OVERHEATING MAY CAUSE THE SURROUNDING COMPONENTS TO IGNITE.

Do not transport Cybertruck using any method that is not specified by Tesla. Adhere to the instructions provided here and observe all warnings and cautions. Damage caused by improper transporting of your vehicle is not covered by the warranty.

Note: Tesla is not liable or responsible for reimbursing services not dispatched through Tesla Roadside Assistance.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 week ago (4 children)

First off, lol

Second, that seems like a major design flaw given the possibility of something exactly like this happening. Was it that difficult to disengage whatever the mechanism is when it’s not running?

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that seems like a major design flaw

That might as well be the guiding philosophy of these junkers.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

A billionaire narcissist high on his own PR hype can not be corrected when he gets a really fucking ignorant idea, so whatever he conjures up gets praised by yes-men.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

The cybertruck is shit but this is a problem for most if not all EVs. The wheels are mounted to the motor which then generates current when the wheels spin. I’m not sure how difficult it is to solve but at least Toyota, Ford, BMW, BYD and Rivian haven’t figured it out either. They all recommend towing on a flatbed or using dollies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

In AWD gas cars it's a problem because the front and rear wheels are linked together, but this thing has two bazinga drive packs that are independent. It only needs to lock one to have an effective "park" and it doesn't even needs that because it could use one axle's brakes as a parking brake. They could have made it easier to tow (you know, for when it inevitably breaks) but they chose to spend more time and effort to make it worse.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

rat-salute to comrade tow truck in the war on bazingas

Edit: I saw an Incel Camino with a similar matte black paint and a South Vietnam/loser flag bumper sticker recently lol

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love how it's like a mosquito light for fascists. I've now seen like 6+ of these full Trump wraps: https://i.redd.it/i0lu3057ddvd1.jpeg . In my area there's one advertising a pool supply store, a Trump one, and an unwrapped one that already looks older than my almost-decade-old car. You have to be a particularly clownish kind of antisocial to own one and the reputation will only become more self-reinforcing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't fault you for following that car and waiting for it to park before covering it in egg whites.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They designed a car that can’t be towed? Lmao how is literally everything about this car as dumb as possible.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In fairness to the Cybertruck (lol), my old Prius used to do something similar where the wheels would lock up if the battery was dead. Most tow trucks these days carry the whole car on the back so it didn't really matter but if it had ever been moved by one like in the photo it would've fucked the car

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

many cars have special towing considerations.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

The issue is that a motor is a generator so spinning the wheels like that is going to overcharge the battery. I'm not sure why they don't lock up the wheels to make it as annoying as possible to tow incorrectly, though.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One thing you can say to its credit is that it doesn't have a 4' front fender that blocks vision of the road for 30 feet in front of you.

Still hate the truck tho.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

The vision out the front of a cyber truck is still really bad. Not as bad. But really bad.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago

No my Zybertruck, you're supposed to put the wheels in a semi-clockwise position facing 40 degrees to the east with exactly 125 lbs of pressure per square inch! wojak-nooo

I'm on the clock pal talk to the hand. grillman

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

so you just need a good portable jack and some sort of device to get one of the wheels spinning at high speed to completely ruin a cybertruck?

good info to spread around

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't seen it mentioned in the thread yet, but:

How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is i-cant

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How fucking horrible do ya think Tesla Roadside Assistance is

It's so bad there's a subreddit dedicated to it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

I feel like owning a Cybertruck should at least qualify someone as temporarily insane.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

these warnings but every instance of Happy Fun Ball is replaced with CyberTruck

Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.

Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.

Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:

  • itching
  • vertigo
  • dizziness
  • tingling in extremities
  • loss of balance or coordination
  • slurred speech
  • temporary blindness
  • profuse sweating
  • heart palpitations

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime warranty.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Side note: it's wild how that's a funny bit in text, but the actual SNL video is incredibly dull and grating. Like between the bad delivery of the lines, the music, the laughtrack, and how it's just a static shot of a ball on a stick, it's like a case study in how to ruin an otherwise funny bit. But I guess that's SNL's whole shtick, taking some absurdist gag that may or may not actually be funny and then making sure it isn't funny by simultaneously overproducing it and half-assing it, both in all the wrong places.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Cybertruck.

Caution: Cybertruck may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Cybertruck contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use Cybertruck on concrete.

Discontinue use of Cybertruck if any of the following occurs:

  • itching
  • vertigo
  • dizziness
  • tingling in extremities
  • loss of balance or coordination
  • slurred speech
  • temporary blindness
  • profuse sweating
  • heart palpitations

If Cybertruck begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Cybertruck may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Cybertruck should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Cybertruck, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Tesla Motors, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Cybertruck include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Cybertruck has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Cybertruck.

Cybertruck comes with a lifetime warranty.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

all believable except the last line!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it does sound like something they'd claim though, with about 15 asterisks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

*for the lifetime of the vehicle itself, which technically ends as soon as the CyberTruck is damaged

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Happy Fun Bazinga. kelly

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ok lets get you back to the home

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The ownthelibsmobile. No one buys it outside of virtue signaling “look at me, I’m a republican! Give me a trophy for sharing political views with most of the country!”

You’d think with money like that they’d just get a Porsche, which has its history in Nazi Germany so they can get their own the libs fix that way.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Cybertrucks are the purple heart given to survivors of family court. The enemy made you pay child support but you're the cool parent in your big cool truck. Everyone should have to look at your big cool truck and how cool and big you still are while driving it.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Guaranteed highest price paid for junk cars

You don't need to write that on the side when we can already see that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Alright brb, gotta google how to become a tow truck driver

Seems like a pretty sweet job

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tow truck drivers are cops and the absolute lowest snake's belly in a wagon rut scum on earth. Their job is to steal the cars of working people then hold them for ransom demanding payments that are the difference between making rent or not. They're fucking evil.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be able to do the impound jobs. So much of their work seems to be repossessing the cars of people too poor to afford the loan or some other cost.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, that sucks

Why is every job in this cursed country so fucking evil

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Right? There's nothing outside capitalism and it brands all of us with it's bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fun fact, incorrectly towing a pickup truck will cause waymos to crash into the back of tow truck or drift into the opposite lane.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

NEVER TRANSPORT YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE TIRES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SPIN.

Come on tires! You have exactly ONE job!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So are these things a success despite the massive issues?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Honest question, why not short the motors so that internal resistance is increased massively or set the motors to coast or apply passive power to prevent overcharging or engage the actual brakes fully to avoid this? I get that solution would destroy the tires, but that's an easier fix than the entire powertrain. How do other EVs avoid the problem?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

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